Power Monitoring for Energy Efficient 5G/6G with OAI and USRP
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Application Note Number and Authors
AN-844
Authors
Bharat Agarwal and Neel Pandeya
Executive Summary
Energy efficiency is becoming a critical KPI for 5G-Advanced and 6G systems, especially in Open RAN, AI-driven PHY, and Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) testbeds.
Real-time power monitoring enables:
- Evaluation of baseband processing efficiency
- Measurement of RF front-end power consumption
- AI accelerator energy profiling
- Optimization of system-level energy-per-bit metrics
This application note demonstrates how to implement accurate power monitoring in a 5G/6G testbed using NI measurement hardware and software tools.
